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Singled Out: You Win Again Gravity's Skyline


. Today UK progressive/alternative outfit You Win Again Gravity tell us about their new single/video "Skyline" which comes from their latest EP "Let Go Lightly". Here is the story:

'Skyline' is the focus of the new EP, Let Go Lightly, and was the obvious choice for the first single. Amongst the other two tracks on the record, it ties together and concludes the theme of deciding between a life of secure conformity and uncertain creativity, and the arguments that can then ensue inside a person's head. This also ties in with the EP artwork and the video, where we wanted to create a mini-story to support this theme, but also help the song stand out without the need of the other two tracks to help explain it.

The video begins by introducing our main character, standing on bridge, clearly struggling internally with something, and outwardly struggling to create and sell his own music. He's living on the edge of poverty and is very quickly confronted by the dangers that come with that life. The second character enters during the middle section of the song; a confident, arrogant businessman, secure in his career and opinions. He refuses the work that our artist has put forward and from then on acts as a point of frustration, appearing obnoxious in his successful position and contrasting with the main character. This drives the artist into a rage and appears to give him the impetus he needs to send him back to the bridge we saw him at to begin with, where instead of meeting his own end, he finds someone familiar already there with similar intentions...

The idea behind this is that you can never tell much about someone from how they look, and that in our experience, it's not always the people that seem obviously downtrodden that are actually miserable. People are complex, and so on a simple level this purely reinforces the whole 'book/cover' motto, although it does also show that at least some of the best artists can face the most difficulty being recognised.

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself as you watch the video here and learn more about the group right here!

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